Sep 15 , 2007. Worst licensed videogames ever.

We're going to talk about the worst video games ever produced from a license for the Xbox. Why? So people stop making them, or maybe find some more skillful people to make them. Either way is fine with us.

By far, one of the worst games to come out of licensing hell is Bruce Lee, Quest of the Dragon for the original Xbox. The game looks like it was made for the PSX. We're just going to show you an image of the real Bruce Lee so we don't stink up the screen with the character modesl in this game. It also has serious control problems that prevent you from executing some of the moves. You'll basically just kick and punch. The AI is worthless. Bruce Lee games have never been that great dating all the way back to the Commodore 64. But the first one was way better than this for its time.

Yup. It's the Dukes of Hazard racing. Although this original Xbox game did have a plot and cutscenes. And it had a GTA style world to race in. The problem with games like this is that the actualy gameplay was pretty bad. Infact, you'd think an easy franchise like this would make some good games, but the answer is no. Because instead of concentrating on the gameplay, the developers tend to concentrate on getting the atmosphere right.

No doubt about it. Batman games have never been great. A few have been good back in the old SNES days. But since Batman went into 3D, the games just aren't as good. It's probably Batman's beatemup mentality that works so well in 2D, but as games get more complex, it doesn't translate well into 3D. Most likely camera problems and bad AI, but Spider-Man games don't seem to suffer from these two things as much as Batman games.

Star Trek has done a great job in the PC gaming world for years. The original Star Trek 25th Anniversary was a great game, as was a few of the other Star Trek games. But when it hit the consoles, things went horribly wrong. The graphics got better, but the gameplay was uncontrollable or just plain difficult. The reason is space combat was just too hard because the ships moved like fighters when they're suppose to be slow and powerful. But nobody wants a slow ship when playing consoles. So you end up with a mess.

No suprise here. The worst gaming license of all time is Superman. There has only been one good Superman game, which was a beatemup called Death and Return of Superman way back in the 16 bit days. The games today stink. The problem with Superman is he's so strong, that they have him fighting robots all the time. And they never seem to get his superpowers right. Either the powers are too weak, or they don't work on certain enemies. Either way, it's a hassle considering Superman is almost a God in power.

Watch out when these licenses are acquired. They usually end in awful games that only make money after the games hit the bargain bin and sell about a million copies. Remember, brand names aren't any better than nonbrand names. You're excited about the brand. Not the actual game, which is why there's been so many disappointments with these licenses.